Next generation underwear for men

ABSTRACT

A method and underwear system that mitigates the genital chafing discomfort in human males.

The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 15/713,677 filed on Sep. 24, 2017.

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present method and system is related to undergarments and morespecifically to methods and systems for improved human male genitalcomfort.

BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM

Men face unique problems in obtaining convenient genital comfort,especially those who are circumcised. The present method and system aimsto resolve these problems once and for all.

The present system aims to minimize the destructive and uncomfortableabrasive friction enacted upon the exposed erogenous portions of thepenis.

In addition to resolving the issue of penis and/or scrotal chafingdiscomfort, the present system restores loss of feeling to the erogenouszones of the penis for those users who have experienced a form ofsensitivity loss to the erogenous zones of the penis.

Contrary to popular opinion, said zones are not simply “skin”, but arecomprised of delicate and fragile mucus membranes and erotogenic nervesthat require adequate protection in maintaining optimal health andfunction, especially in sexual function.

Without the foreskin (or long enough foreskin) to protect the glans, itbecomes exposed, becoming dry and calloused. This altered appearance isunnatural and understood to be caused by constant exposure to fabricabrasion and air.

Males who lack this natural covering are either circumcised or were bornwith an excessively short foreskin. Loss of sensation and sexualdysfunctions are suspected to be associated with circumcision.

A study by Sorrells et al. (2007) had mapped fine-touch pressurethresholds in the adult penis in both circumcised and uncircumcised men,in comparing the two populations.

They learned also that the erogenous zones of the penis in thecircumcised male are less sensitive to fine-touch pressure than that ofthe uncircumcised (intact) male.

A study by Bolling and Van Howe (2011) published in the InternationalJournal of Men's Health found that circumcised men had a 4.5 timesgreater chance of suffering from erectile dysfunction thannon-circumcised men.

A study by Bronselaer G A et al. (2013) concluded that circumcised menexperience less sensation than intact men, but in addition had notedthat circumcised men experienced a greater degree of chafing discomfortcompared to intact (uncircumcised) men.

The present system enables the user to minimize the destructive abrasionwhich causes this sensitivity loss if the foreskin is no longer there(or when not covering) to protect the penis tissues.

Significantly reducing abrasive chafing to the erogenous zones of thepenis results is understood to improve sexual sensation and thusmitigating any known sexual issues caused by sensitivity loss.

Additional benefits to the present system is its ability to preventembarrassing incontinence incidents and the ability to secure and housea protective cup for the genitals.

In some embodiments, the scrotum is also protected from contact with thelegs. The present system also prevents excessive movement of the penis.

Definitions

The term “outer shell” is to mean a structure comprised of fabricconforming to the hips and legs of the user and the structuresimultaneously to which the pouch structure is integrated/integrable to.

The term “micro-suede” is to mean a fine napped fabric and is associatedwith the following terms in product information and/or advertising, toinclude but not limited to: 1. Ultrasuede, 2. Stretch suede, 3.Alcantara, 4. Luxury suede, 5. Artificial suede, 6. Felt, and 7.Velveteen

BACKGROUND AND DESCRIPTION OF METHOD

A more detailed description of the present method can be found in U.S.patent application Ser. No. 15/713,677 filed on Sep. 24, 2017.

The pouch structure or any fabric to which the penis is to be exposedto, is preferred to be comprised of micro-suede. This is due to itssuperior anti-chafing qualities to the exposed erogenous zones of thepenis, said zones being the most sensitive and fragile portions of thesex organ.

Micro-suede has a supreme feeling of softness over any other fabric typeavailable. Its napped nature and fineness of fiber virtually eliminatesthe effect of abrasion to the penis. A quality that conventional fabricweaves will never be able to achieve. Non-napped weaves acting as a formof “cheese grater” to the delicate erogenous tissues of the penis.

Underwear employing micro-suede about the portions which contact thepenis not only results in a significant decrease of abrasive friction,but also helps prevent the erogenous zones of the penis fromexperiencing excessive dryness, due to its moisture wicking properties.The combining effects resulting in a significant improvement in comfortduring physical activity and a restoration of fine touch sensitivity ofsaid erogenous zones to those users who have experienced a form of losscaused by excessive friction and/or dryness.

The erogenous zones of the penis are naturally covered by the foreskin,enabling the protection of the body's most sensitive tissues to bothremain in comfort during physical activity and to be maximally sensitivefor sexual activity. All males may benefit from the present method andsystem, however, males without this natural covering have the most tobenefit.

There are various protection sleeves, foreskin restoration methods, andointments available that aim to achieve the same benefits of mitigatingchafing/abrasion discomfort and restoration of sensitivity.

None of the commercially available sleeve type garments use micro-suede.It is therefore recommended for said garments to be lined withmicro-suede for those surfaces contacting the penis to achieve maximumprotection and restoration of sensitivity.

None of the fabric solutions are yet commercially available with amicro-suede lining as of the date of the present application, as the useof this material to mitigate penis chafing/abrasion discomfort andrestoring fine touch sensitivity to the erogenous zones of the penis isa new and useful discovery.

The present application therefore makes claim to any protective peniscovering (or any garment) with an interior surface lined withmicro-suede for any of the purposes described herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM

The present system is comprised of two components; an outer shell and apouch structure. The outer shell can be represented by any garmentcomprised of fabric that is designed to generally conform to a man'ships and legs.

The pouch structure is integrated to the interior front face of theouter shell and is designed to enable the user to isolate the penisand/or scrotum from contact with the legs and the outer shell. The pouchstructure may be comprised of any fabric, but is preferred to becomprised of micro-suede. The pouch structure is constructed or formedin such a way as to form an isolated space or cavity for the malegenitals, most especially the penis. Said pouch may be formed from oneor more panels comprised of fabric, but is preferably constructed byintegrating two separate fabric panels together, said panels forming asingle pouch unit being preferably integrated to the inner front face ofthe outer shell by said pouch structure's upper and lower portions, bymeans of, but not limited by: knitting, sonic bonding, adhesive or aless permanent form of integration such as the use of Velcro, or buttonsas a means of reversible integration.

As a means for the user to insert the genitals into this formed cavity,a genital entry port on the user side face of the pouch structure isneeded. Said entry port is preferred to be centered, but may be higheror lower upon the user side face of the pouch structure for customapplications. The genital entry port may be a slit, round or angularhole of any size or shape. The preferable form of genital entry port isthat of a centered vertical slit as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4. Saidport must be large enough to comfortably enable a user to insert themale genitalia and small enough to reliably prevent the genitals fromfreely escaping the cavity of the pouch structure.

The top end of the pouch structure is preferably integrated near, at orproximate to the top edge of the outer shell. The top end of the pouchstructure may be integrated either partially or wholly to the outershell, but is preferred to be wholly attached as illustrated in thedrawings.

If the outer shell is comprised of a waistband, the top end of the pouchstructure is preferably integrated at or near the waistband asillustrated in the drawings. The pouch also having at least a majorityportion of the side ends being left unattached enough to enable freeside to side movement of the pouch structure against the front face ofthe outer shell to mitigate the friction upon the genitals, and mostespecially the penis. The top and bottom ends of the pouch structure mayinclude adjacent sections of the side ends if greater strength ofintegration to the outer shell is desired. The side ends are preferablywholly unattached from the outer shell as to enable maximum countermovement of the pouch against the outer shell. The bottom end of thepouch structure is preferably integrated to a location slightly forwardof the bottom center of the outer shell as indicated in the drawings,but may be placed anywhere as long as there is moderate tension aboutthe groin to ensure proper function of the design. Enough tension toensure the penis and/or scrotum does not regularly escape the pouch andnot so loose as to induce uncomfortable pressure about the scrotum.

The bottom end of the pouch structure is preferred to be integrated atonly its corners, having its center portion unattached from the outershell as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4. This is to increase cooling tothe genitals and efficacy of friction mitigation. The bottom end,however, may be integrated along any point of its length eitherpartially or wholly (as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 3).

The pouch structure may be comprised of any fabric type, but ispreferably comprised of primarily 160 GSM stretch micro-suede, as it issignificantly superior over any other fabric in restoring loss offeeling and reducing damaging friction to the erogenous zones of thepenis.

The top end of the pouch structure is open as to enable the user easyinsertion of the hands to assist in genital insertion and theiradjustment within this space.

The approximate dimensions of the genital isolation pouch structure mustbe large enough to reliably isolate the penis from contact with theouter shell fabric, legs, scrotum and abdomen. The main purpose of thepresent system is to provide maximum protection to the penis, but if thescrotum is also desired as an option to insert within the formed cavityof the pouch structure, then the opening size of entry port may need tobe increased to comfortably accommodate the scrotal portions of a man.

This will, however, reduce the efficacy of penis entrapment within thepouch structure cavity. If exclusive separation of the penis from thescrotum is desired, the genital entry port is preferred to have acircumference of no more than eight inches. The open space on the topend of the pouch structure must be large enough to fit the user's handas to enable easy adjustment of the genitals within the cavity of thepouch structure.

Another benefit to the open top of the pouch structure is that itenables the user to flip down the waistband as a means to readily exposethe penis for urination, adjustment, sexual activity or any other reasona user may have without requiring the user to first extract and reinsertthrough the genital entry port.

The pouch structure is generally triangular and takes the form of atrapezoid in the drawing in its preferred form. This is to allow easyaccess form the top for adjustment of the genital. This is not to limitthe present design to such a shape, as the pouch structure may have atop end as narrow or less than the width of the pouch's bottom end.

The pouch structure must have dimensions sufficient to comfortablyaccommodate and secure the genitals, especially the penis in both up,side and down positions as a user may require.

It is also recommended that the outer shell be comprised of amulti-layer frontal area in further obtaining reducing abrasive frictioncaused by outside forces.

An additional benefit to the pouch structure is its ability to hold andsecure a protective cup for impact sports or activity to further guardthe genitals against harm or damage. The open top end of the pouchstructure may utilize the addition of any form of buttons, fasteners orVelcro as a means to temporarily close the top end.

Bilateral Barrier Structures

To further enhance the ability of the present system to guard thegenitals from contact with the legs and/or outer shell, supportstructures may be added as shown and described.

The best mode of the present system utilizing these structures isillustrated in FIG. 4. These generally triangular shaped bilateralstructures are integrated to the side ends of the pouch structure asillustrated in the FIGS. 3 and 4 and act primarily to mitigate scrotalcontact and sticking to the legs, to add stabilizing tension to theisolation pouch, as well as additional prevention of the penis fromcontacting the legs and/or outer shell.

If the user relies on the pouch structure to separate both the penis andscrotum from contact with the legs and/or outer shell, these structuresact as extra assurance said contact will not occur if the penis and/orscrotum are to escape the internal cavity of the pouch structure.

Versions of the pouch structure utilizing a genital entry port that istoo small for the scrotum (for the purpose of reliably separating thepenis from the scrotum) may prefer to use these structures as a means toseparate the scrotum from the legs and/or outer shell, and as extraassurance the penis will not contact the same should it escape from thepouch structure.

The bilateral barrier structures are preferably comprised of any form offabric, but preferably comprised of mesh to ensure adequate cooling tothe genitals. The bilateral structures are spaced far apart enough as toreadily accommodate the scrotum and/or penis of the user as a means toprevent genital contact to the legs and/or outer shell.

The height to which the upper end of the bilateral barrier structuresare to extend is preferred to be from latitudinal center of the pouchstructure (as illustrated in FIG. 3) to the top end of the pouchstructure (as illustrated in FIG. 4).

This is not to limit the height of the bilateral barrier structures inany way, as they may be integrated to any extent along the length of theside ends of the pouch structure. A height lower than a centered genitalentry port may decrease the efficacy of the bilateral barrier structuresto block genital contact to the legs and/or outer shell.

The portion of the bilateral barrier structures which are integrated tothe bottom portions of the outer shell may extend rearwardly untilmoderate tension about the groin crevices is achieved for idealfunction. The rearward extent of the bilateral barrier structures ispreferred to be approximately just below the perineum of the user, anextent approximate to the extent shown in the drawings.

The user side edge of said barrier structures are designed to conform tothe groin crevices under slight tension when worn, thus acting as abarrier against genital contact from the legs. The bottom portions ofthe bilateral barrier structures are preferred to extend generallyrearwardly to the bottom rear center of the outer shell as illustratedin FIGS. 3 and 4.

BEST MODE

The best mode of the present system is illustrated in FIG. 2, whichcomprises a slit form of genital entry port and having a pouch structurewith partially unattached bottom end (preferably integrated at only thebottom corners) and if the bilateral genital barrier structures aredesired, the best mode is illustrated in FIG. 4.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The embodiments in the drawings are shown from a top-down forward facingview of the interior front face of a “boxer brief” style outer shelldesigned to conform generally to the user's hips and legs. The drawingsalso illustrate the difference between the versions of the presentsystem.

The white sections within the black lines represent the outer fabricshell structure. The gray section, where applicable, represents theinner user side of the pouch structure and to illustrate that there isan interior space or cavity within the pouch structure.

FIG. 1

An embodiment within the scope of claim 2. Note the form of genitalentry port being a round hole. This embodiment also has a partiallyremoved bottom end. The bottom end will always be attached along atleast some of its length, but not necessary along its whole length.

1. Outer shell

2. Genital entry port (slit)

3. Isolation pouch structure

4. Top opening for hand access

FIG. 2

An embodiment within the scope of claim 2. Note the form of genitalentry port being a slit and the bottom end of the pouch structure ispartially integrated to the outer shell.

1. Outer shell

2. Genital entry port (round)

3. Pouch structure

4. Top opening of pouch structure

FIG. 3

The preferred embodiment and best mode and an embodiment within thescope of claim 3. Note the “scalene triangle” shaped panels at each sideof the isolation pouch structure. These structures help mitigate thepenis and/or scrotum from contacting the legs.

1. Outer shell

2. Genital entry port (round)

3. Pouch structure

4. Top opening of pouch structure

5. Bilateral genital barrier structures

FIG. 4

An embodiment within the scope of claim 3. Note how the genital barrierstructures may extend to the upper portion of the pouch structure if theuser requires increased reliability of genital entrapment.

1. Outer shell

2. Genital entry port (slit)

3. Pouch structure

4. Top opening of pouch structure

5. Bilateral genital barrier structures

I claim:
 1. A method for reducing the chafing discomfort of the penis inundergarments, said method comprising the application of micro-suede tothe surfaces of said undergarment which contact the penis.
 2. A maleunderwear system comprising a hip and leg conforming shell, said shellfurther comprising: A genital isolation pouch structure comprising anopen top end, a closed bottom end and two closed side ends, therebyforming an isolation cavity for the male genitalia, said open top endallowing top-down access into said cavity; and Said pouch structurebeing integrated by only its top and bottom ends to the interior frontface of the shell; and said pouch structure further comprising an entryport for insertion of the male genitalia.
 3. The underwear system ofclaim 2, said system further comprising bilateral barrier structures;and said bilateral barrier structures being integrated at the sides ofsaid pouch structure and to the bottom interior portion of the shell.